All folders need administrator access to write in Vista, or access rights changed on the folder during installation, except for folders under the Users\user folder, such as My Documents and Application Data.
It is still best to install programs to the Program Files folder as that is what it is designed for. It's only an issue if you need to write/read data files in the same folder which Vista prevents by default. This is bad practice anyway. Data should be stored in the Application Data folder for the user regardless of operating system. Most installers such as Inno Setup can set folder privileges to any folder, so you can set the install folder to have read/write access to all users if you wish, but this compromises the security against viruses etc that Vista was designed to prevent. Regards, Ross. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Colburn Sent: Thursday, 13 March 2008 11:54 a.m. To: Borland's Delphi Discussion List Subject: Developing for Vista Hi folks -- I have a simple application that I would like Vista users to install and run easily. The users, however, are technologically unsophisticated. (Indeed, one of the great things about Delphi lies in the fact that one can often create an application as a single executable file.) I'm looking for suggestions (being somewhat unfamiliar with Vista myself) about how to set up the install process to make Vista operation as easy as that with other OS's. I'm told, for example, that you shouldn't default to installing in the Program Files folder, because this will required administrator level access. Is there anything else I need to know or do? Thanks, as always -- Al _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi
